New
Egypt, NJ (May 2, 2009)
Ė Billy
Pauch of Frenchtown, NJ won his second straight feature at New Egypt
Speedway Saturday night as he captured the 30 lap B&B Towing and
Recycling sponsored event. Pauch took the lead in lapped traffic on
lap 22 from race long leader Bob Drayton, then held off several
challenges from two time champ Frank Cozze to post his 73rd career
Modified triumph.

After several tries to complete the first two laps and a 10 car pileup
in turn number one, the race finally got rolling with Bob Drayton
grabbing the lead away from Tom Carberry on lap #3. Drayton appeared
very quick, as he and Frank Cozze motored to a 2/3 of a straightaway
lead. Pauch emerged in third by lap 8 and began to try and run the
front runners down. Pauch was making progress and he was
considerably closer when the the two leaders hit lapped traffic at the
halfway point. Without a caution flag to help, Pauch worked lapped
traffic masterfully and grabbed second from Cozze on lap 19. Drayton
proved not to be as easy though as he held Pauch at bay until lap 22
when pauch got an opening on the bottom and drove into the lead.
Drayton didnít let him get away though as the crowd was really
getting into this duel for the lead as Cozze continued to threaten. On
lap 26, Drayton brought out the first yellow since lap 2 as the car
got out from under him in turn four almost collecting Cozze as well.
Cozze somehow avoided disaster and then on the restart mounted a
serious challenge for the win. Pauch proved to have just a little too
much though as he held off Cozze to take the victory. Cozze, who
arrived just minutes before his heat after watching his daughter
graduate college in the afternoon, settled for a strong second place
run, followed by 21st starter Bucky Kell, Sam Martz and invader Richie
Pratt Jr.

Rocco Infante of Robbinsville, NJ showed he is the man to beat, as he
raced from 14th starting spot to pass leader Jeff Geiges on lap 12 and
then went on to cruise to the victory in the 20 lap Sportsman feature.
Geiges gave a strong perfomance to finish second in the Mongiello
Motorsports entry, followed by Mike Howardson in third. Bill Liedtka
finished fourth in only his second event in the Sportsman divison
after moving up from the Super Stock divison and Will Dupree placed in
the top five for the second straight time finishing fifth.

P.J. Oliver won the 20 lap Outlaw Stock feature event. For young
Oliver it was only his second career win as he held off many
challenges including the final one from defending champ and opening
night winner Rich Mongeau. Billy Wroble had his best ever finish
coming home third, followed by John Carpenter and Vern McLaughlin who
both bounced back from early race tangles to finish fourth and fifth
respectively.

In the Advantage Financial/Cradle Rock Developers Rookie Sportsman
series, Brian Roemer won the 8 lap feature event for the third time in
a row, remaining undefeated so far. Matt Vaillancourt finished second
in only his second start, followed closely by DJ Ruppert.

Next Saturday night, May 9, New Egypt Speedway presents Ladies Night
sponsored by CMX Engineering. All Ladies will receive $2 off the
admission price and in celebration of Mothers day all moms will
receive flowers. The racing will feature a full card of Big-Block
Modifieds, Super Stocks, Crate1 Sportsman & Rookies. Gates open at
4:00 p.m. with the first race starting at 6:00 pm. For more
information, call the speedway office at (609) 758-1900 or log on to
www.newegyptspeedway.net.